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The United States accounted for 8.35 gigwatts of the new total capacity, increasing its capacity by 50 percent, to overtake Germany as number one in wind power, with a total of 25.1 gigawatts compared to 23.9 gigawatts.
Total Generation 2008: 4,114,880 Thousand Megawatthours
Wind Generation 2008: 52,017 Thousand Megawatthours
So wind was about 1.25% of U.S. electricity in 2008 — higher really now, since that averages over many months during which the record wind construction last year was taking place (see “U.S. wind energy grows by record 8,300 MW“).
So I guess it is time to start bragging.
Interestingly, EIA reports that last year, wind generation soared while coal and natural gas dropped:
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In Obama’s first term, wind is likely to at least double its production, and be a large fraction of whatever growth in demand their is given the economic slowdown and Obama’s big push on energy efficiency.
When these avian deaths are correlated with the units of electricity those power plants produce, some may find the results surprising. Based on real world operating experience of 339 wind turbines comprising six wind farms constituting 274 MW of installed capacity in the U.S., average avian mortality for wind appears to be about 0.269 fatalities per GWh.
Based on real world operating experience for two coal facilities as well as the indirect damages from mountain top removal coal mining in Appalachia, acid rain pollution on wood thrushes, mercury pollution, and anticipated impacts of climate change, average avian mortality for fossil fueled power stations appears to be about 5.18 fatalities per GWh.
However...The cost of electricity would then be determined not by consumer demand, but by how hard the wind is blowing.
When it is windy power will be so cheap that other forms of generation will be unable to compete, the report says.
If the wind were to drop everywhere round the UK (as happened during the January high pressure cold snap), other generators would make their money by switching on back-up fossil fuel power stations for a very short time, charging extremely high prices, it predicts.
I can't say I'd want one of those near my house.Would be nice if one sweeping federal law could stop this madness.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13wind.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss
It's too bad she had to endure this. She should have put up solar panels instead. See, solar panels can lie flat on the roof so they're relatively hidden. Wind turbines on the other hand are always quite prominent. While I'm sure it's very quiet and safe, there will always be people who consider it an eyesore.Would be nice if one sweeping federal law could stop this madness.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13wind.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss
I can't say I'd want one of those near my house.
You probably could, but at any rate you are of course entitled to your opinion.I could not disagree more.